--- Chris Ruprecht <chris(a)ruprecht.org> wrote:
On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 16:42 -0700, Hoffmann wrote:
> Hi All;
>
> When I installed FC4, I noticed that I have two
> kernels: one of them is the 'normal' one, the
other is
> 'smp'. What is the difference, and which one
should I
> use? Should I uninstall one of them?
> Thanks!
> Hoffmann
>
>
Usually, the installer installs and shows the SMP
kernels only if it
detects multiple CPUs of some sort. If you have a
newer machine with
either more than one real CPU, a dual core CPU or a
CPU with
HyperThreading (HT) enabled.
If you have any of theose, no not remove the SMP
kernel(s), otherwise
you will only be able to use one of the CPUs.
To check if your system has more than one CPU, run
'top' and press the
'1' button, that will show individual timings for
each CPU.
Best regards,
Chris
--
Hi Chris,
Many thanks for your explanation. Yes, my machine has
the new Intel D processor. It is a dual core
processor. Since I am a bit newbie on linux, I didn't
know what kernel-smp mean. Thanks to you and to other
people from this great list, now I know.
Many thanks, once again.
All the best,
Hoffmann
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